If you haven't noticed, the cat trees you available at your local pet store are expensive and, for the most part, not really attractive. Made with cheap carpet in. Mar 24, 2016 - I'm sharing the whole process for my DIY cat tree using a real tree. This natural-looking cat tree made from a natural branch looks beautiful!
- Cat trees are an easy and fun thing to make, as you can utilize scrap wood and leftover materials to make something your feline friends will love. I live in a huge house with several cats, so I think I'll be making something like this soon. I'm especially digging the ones that make use of real branches for an organic look.
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The bottom of the discs will be visible too because they will be lifted from the floor. For this reason you should cover it too.
To do this, cut a smaller piece of fabric that is about as big as the disc. Make it round too, but it doesn't need to be perfect.
Lay it on the wood trying to center it, and staple it all around the disc folding the edges on the inside, as you can see in the second photo.
As usual, make sure to start stapling the 4 sides, then proceed with the rest.
As usual, make sure to start stapling the 4 sides, then proceed with the rest.
Do all of this for your other wooden disc too. These will be the only soft pieces. I decided not to put any foam on the other rectangles, but you can do that if you prefer.
So, upholster all of the other wooden pieces just like you did for the round ones and without the foam.
The rectangular pieces are much easier to upholster than the discs: simply staple the straight sides, finally pull the angles and staple them too.
The rectangular pieces are much easier to upholster than the discs: simply staple the straight sides, finally pull the angles and staple them too.
The bottoms of the 2 base pieces (A and B) don't need to be covered with more fabric because they will be hidden. I decided to still cover them using a scrap of thinner fabric, but it's not necessary.
When you are done upholstering all pieces, make some cuts where the holes and half holes are to free them from the fabric.